Reviews by donniecuffs:

The atmosphere was great; laid-back patrons, who seemed to appreciate good beer. My wife loved it because it "was dark...and romantic". As for me, I liked the lowlight setting, as I believe it soothed the patrons into speaking more softly. Having a normal volume conversation in this place is not a challenge.

The quality disappointed me somewhat. I've read about all of the past awards, and cool events (Royal Stumble, et al), and it really had me licking my chops to get to this place, so I was a little surprised that of the seven beers I sampled, less than half of them I would consider ordering again. This included the BPA cask ale (A+), Berliner Weisse (A-), and the Grog brown ale (B+). The selection was above average, if only for the reason that they actually had a Berliner Weisse on the menu. I wish more breweries would give this style a shot.

The service was very friendly and attentive, but nothing to make me say 'exceptional', while the food was near exceptional. For dinner, I decided to ask the server what the popular entrees were, and decided to go with the French dip with melted cheese, since I was in fact visiting the cheesesteak capital of the country. Let's just say that I wasn't disappointed.

I would certainly like to go back to this establishment to see what it's like during one of their popular events, as it seems to attract a good crowd.

Who would have thought Center City Philadelphia had a brewery? On a second floor of a nondescript building on a nondescript stretch of Sansom Street? Well, here it is.

Go up the (steep) stairs and, voila, welcome to Nodding Head. Brewery tanks and a bar to the left, tables galore to the right and silly bubbleheads and other toys right in front of you by the hostess station.

The wife and I first sat at a high-top table but quickly realized the place was jammed and understaffed so we switched to the bar. They had six house beers on tap during our visit: Summer Nights Sour Brown, George’s Fault Belgian Ale, Goldihops, Black Party Rye Pale ale and a cask stout (plus Allagash White just because)

The food menu is classic bar grub. For some reason I thought they had pizza here but I was mistaken- it was Dock Street that does it. Mac and cheese, wings, rings, quesadillas… you name it. The hummus was great, though!

Service at the bar was fine, but as I said the rest of the place was understaffed. Would I go back? I’m not in a hurry, but maybe once or twice to check out new beers.

Finally made it here on a recent trip to Philly. You have to climb up a set of narrow stairs to the second floor where the brewpub is. Definitely an old place re-purposed. It has a nice old wood bar. Old wood floors. It is a little dark, but has a big old skylight in it. The beers were good. We definitely enjoyed them. We did have any appetizers, but the dinners we had were all well received. The fries were right up there with Monk’s. I had the salmon, and it was excellent. There were also very positive reports on the French dip and the meatloaf. Definitely worth the trip!

Checked this place out on a recent visit to Philly, very knowledgeable staff eager to talk about beer! This combined with the interesting rotating offerings on draught made it a worthwhile visit. I didn't have a chance to try the food on this visit but will next time. Definitely worth dropping by this place if you are in the area, you won't regret it.

Went here on 8/9 during my latest trip to Philly. This place is average at best, and i wasn't all that impressed with their beers. They had a sour wheat beer which was very blah, bu their porter did seem to be pretty good. Service was fine in regards to getting a beer, but some of the waitresses were doing shots and drinking on the job. Seemed pretty unprofessional, and the place itself did not impress me.There are a ton of other breweries / brew pubs/ bars in Philly worth seeing over this place. Not the worst, but probably would not stop here again.